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wild-eyed young man who further upset all who saw him To weary clerks

he proclaimed in fiery tones that he must sail on the Saronia There

see him The offer of a private liner would

not have interested him

He raved and tore his hair He ranted All to no avail There was, in

plain Aht as

on the Saronia He could find, at first, no one so lucky; but finally he

ran across Tommy Gray Gray, an old friend, ade on that 's horses and all the king's gold left hie, he and his ere determined They

would sail

It was then that Geoffrey West made a compact with his friend He

secured froed that

his baggage was to go aboard the Saronia as the property of Gray

"But," protested Gray, "even suppose you do put this through; suppose

you do e to sail without a ticket--where will you sleep? In chains

somewhere below, I fancy"